Improvement in burglar-alarm drawers



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JEREni-H MURPHY, 0F BOSTON, itin-sea( nUsi'JTTs.l

,Letters PatentNo. 112,619, dated March 14, 1871.

IMPR'QVEME'NT IN BUReLAR-ALARM bRAwERs.

The Schedule referred to 1n these Letters Patent and making pari:- of` the lsame.

`To whom these presents shall come: Be. it knowngtliat I, EREMIAH MURPHY, of `Boston, in the county of Suffolk 'and Commonwealth of i Massachusetts, `have madegauinvention of aneuT BurglanAlar-m Drawer ;"`and1 do "hereby declare the fol- `lowing to be'a full, clearfand exact descriptionfthereo', l due reference beinghad to the accompanying drawing 4 `making part oft-hisspccicatiou, and in whicht l Eigure lisa plan. i f i Figure 2, 'a vertical section of arnoney-drawer containing my invention. v

i This invention consists in `the combination of an alarm-gong or bell, locatediwithinthe drawer andndirectly connected with the knob or ,handlcof thesarne,

insuch manner that when* thc latter is pulledlthe `alarmwill be sounded,anrl a latch or lock, arranged in the front'of the drawer and operated `from the underside of1said drawer, asghereinafter described, the

knob` andthelatchhaving noconnection with, and

operating independently of, each other.

The drawing accompanying this specification repre- A,afdrawer of ordinaryconstruction, within which, and preferably at its rear part, is disposed anaiarmgdngr B' The 'actuating-wire of the gong ,is shown at aas passing loosely .through the frontside of lthe drawer, ,-and providedwithapullfknob, b.`

, A spring lock ofanyvsuitableproduction is secured to theI front of 4the drawer, and' should be actuated from the bottom thereof, in order to he concealed from view as much as possible.

The spring lock or latch is shown at c arranged in the iront-of the drawer, 'having its shank extending down through the drawer and connected with a hinged handle, c', which may be. turned up ,against the drawer out of sight when not in use. i When the drawer is .to be opened the piece c' can be turned down and taken holdof lso as to draw down the latch and nnlock the drawer. i l v A thief', deluded with the'dca that .he is about to open the drawer and appropriate its contents',seizes fand pulls upon the knob, only to find his attempt frustrated and an alarmjgiven. I

A person having legitimate'contlol of the drawer releases thedock or boltfrom below, and opens the drawerwithout having recourse to the knob, if de- Claim.

The arrangement in the drawerA ofan alarmgong, B, and knob, b, directly connected with-the same, as describettand the latch or lock o,`located in 'the front of the drawerand operated from. the under side of thesame, as and for the purpose-.shown and set forth. y y

JEREMIAH MURPHY.

Witnesses:

FRED. CURTIS, '-EDW: GRIFFITH. 

